U.K. Unemployment Falls

By

Ilona Billington

Updated Nov. 17, 2010 7:45 a.m. ET

LONDON—U.K. unemployment declined again in September as the claimant count measure of joblessness also fell for the first time since July, which was the last time both measures moved in tandem, data showed Wednesday.

The Office for National Statistics said the widely-watched claimant count measure of unemployment fell by 3,700 for a jobless rate of 4.5%. That compares with a rise of 1,300 and a rate of 4.5% in September. Economists surveyed last week had forecast a rise of 5,000 and a rate of 4.5%. The ONS revised its...